D-Day: ROUTE + TSHOOT tomorrow!

I've scheduled both my TSHOOT and ROUTE exams for tomorrow! I'm going to watch the CCNP TSHOOT CBT Nuggets series at 2x speed this evening ($25 one-day pass), and if all goes well, tomorrow evening I'll have those nifty CCNP letters next to my name.

(I have little respect for the TSHOOT. It looks like a glorified review of the other subjects.)

(If all doesn't go so well, this will end up being a great practice exam!)

Yeah, I probably could have done switch+tshoot on the same day (if I could have afforded it). Maybe not route+tshoot though. Still, tshoot is fun enough it almost doesn't really count

I just did the TSHOOT exam demo. I've never seen anything like it before! These CBT Nugget videos are a silly waste of time. Better to simulate and lab as much of the actual topology tonight, so I can be sure I fully understand any quirks of running routing protocols over such a topology. Tomorrow is going to be an interesting day.

I am ready. 6 hours from now I will be a CCNP. See you on the other side!
Yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death, I shall fear no evil
For I am Death, and this is my domain

Good Luck man, If I had a big set of packets like yours, then I would have thrown TSHOOT in with my SWITCH exam tomorrow, but I'm taking the slow steady route...I'm sure you'll knock it out of the park!

Cisco was my first networking love, but my "other" router is a Mikrotik...

1. TSHOOT is straight-forward if you remember the ROUTE and SWITCH material. My advice: (a) spend a few hours reviewing the exam topology (on Cisco's exam website) and technologies. It will save you time on the exam. (b) The show output of the sims is buggy and contains errors, so double-check anything "fishy" you see. (c) Be sure you're answering the ticket you think!

2. ROUTE - I'm found the Cisco Press ROUTE Foundation Learning Guide combined with the Cisco ROUTE labs to cover the material completely and provide adequate practice. I did not feel multiple books were necessary to grasp the material. I felt 101 CCNP Labs (only did a few) focused on many details and material not required for the actual exam--a waste of time for me.

IOU or GNS3 are adequate for preparation. Spending time/money to setup a real lab is inefficient from the perspective of mastering the material in the texts for this exam and/or passing the exam as quickly as possible.